Job 8
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:
Kisha Bildadi Mshuhi akajibu:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, seeing that the words of thy mouth are as a mighty wind?
“Hata lini wewe utasema mambo kama haya? Maneno yako ni kama upepo mkuu.
3 Doth God pervert judgment? Or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
Je, Mungu hupotosha hukumu? Je, Mwenyezi hupotosha kile kilicho haki?
4 If thy children sinned against Him, He delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
Watoto wako walipomtenda dhambi, aliwapa adhabu ya dhambi yao.
5 If thou wouldest seek earnestly unto God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
Lakini ukimtafuta Mungu, nawe ukamsihi Mwenyezi,
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now He would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
ikiwa wewe ni safi na mnyofu, hata sasa atainuka mwenyewe kwa niaba yako, na kukurudisha katika mahali pako pa haki.
7 And though thy beginning was small, yet thy end should greatly increase.
Ijapokuwa mwanzo wako ulikuwa mdogo, lakini mwisho wako utakuwa wa mafanikio.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out —
“Ukaulize vizazi vilivyotangulia na uone baba zao walijifunza nini,
9 For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow —
kwa kuwa sisi tumezaliwa jana tu na hatujui lolote, nazo siku zetu duniani ni kama kivuli tu.
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
Je, hawatakufundisha na kukueleza? Je, hawataleta maneno kutoka kwenye kufahamu kwao?
11 Can the rush shoot up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?
Je, mafunjo yaweza kumea mahali pasipo na matope? Matete yaweza kustawi bila maji?
12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
Wakati bado yanaendelea kukua kabla ya kukatwa, hunyauka haraka kuliko majani mengine.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish;
Huu ndio mwisho wa watu wote wanaomsahau Mungu; vivyo hivyo matumaini ya wasiomjali Mungu huangamia.
14 Whose confidence is gossamer, and whose trust is a spider's web.
Lile analolitumainia huvunjika upesi; lile analolitegemea ni utando wa buibui.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Huutegemea utando wake, lakini hausimami; huungʼangʼania, lakini haudumu.
16 He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
Yeye ni kama mti ulionyeshewa vizuri wakati wa jua, ukieneza machipukizi yake bustanini;
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
huifunganisha mizizi yake kwenye lundo la mawe, na kutafuta nafasi katikati ya mawe.
18 If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
Unapongʼolewa kutoka mahali pake, ndipo mahali pale huukana na kusema, ‘Mimi kamwe sikukuona.’
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
Hakika uhai wake hunyauka, na kutoka udongoni mimea mingine huota.
20 Behold, God will not cast away an innocent man, neither will He uphold the evil-doers;
“Hakika Mungu hamkatai mtu asiye na hatia, wala kuitia nguvu mikono ya mtenda mabaya.
21 Till He fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.
Bado atakijaza kinywa chako na kicheko, na midomo yako na kelele za shangwe.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
Adui zako watavikwa aibu, nazo hema za waovu hazitakuwepo tena.”
